The Jin army had a good start and its morale was greatly boosted. However, the Restoration Army suffered its first defeat since it sent another army, and its spirit was frustrated.

So Zhao Kaishan suddenly felt that he had chosen the wrong person, not only losing face, but also losing his inner self. The morale that he had finally raised was shrunk again.

Looking at Zhao Yi and Zhao Yicheng who were fleeing back, he was very angry.

"Things that can't be helped! You can't grasp the chance you give you! A mere county town can make you so embarrassed, let alone the future city! How can I fight this battle?"

Zhao Yi and Zhao Yicheng lowered their heads and accepted Zhao Kaishan's scolding, and did not dare to say a word, and were very afraid that Zhao Kaishan would deal with them further.

Fortunately, Zhao Kaishan still looks to his own people.

He asked the two defeated generals to turn the left army into the army behind the entire army, not to participate in front-line combat, and go directly to the rear to ensure logistics transportation.

Then he planned to go into battle himself and directly attacked with the main force of the Restoration Army.

According to reports from Zhao Yi and Zhao Yicheng, there were not many cavalry in the Jin army, and the main attacks were the infantry. Zhao Kaishan felt relaxed and decisively ordered the entire army to advance to avenge the brothers who died in battle.

This time he stopped wandering, and directly put the most elite Beiwei Army in front, as the vanguard of the entire army, and asked Li Xiao to be responsible for the front-line war.

You can't lose anymore, you can't afford to lose anymore, you must take out ace to face the Jin soldiers, and you can't let Zhao Kaihe mess with Li Xiao at this time.

He gave Li Xiao enough command power.

The Jin army tried to do the previous ambush again, but Li Xiao thought for a while and felt that the Jin army might use the same trick again. So he remembered the Jin army's fatal point mentioned by Su Yonglin in the letter exchange with Su Yonglin, and planned to use a trick.

He sent a unit to advance first, and he led a large unit to hang far behind. Sure enough, the vanguard was ambushed and immediately disintegrated.

However, when the vanguard advanced, they brought a lot of wealth and put it in a box and pulled it away with a car. When the Jin army ambushed everywhere, the Restoration Army directly threw away the big cart and ran away. The wealth and goods on the car spilled all over the ground, which immediately made the Jin soldiers' eyes red.

Okay, needless to say, who cares if this is a battlefield? Should we pursue the enemy?

Just grab it and it's done.

The entire army suddenly became in chaos, and everyone rushed to loot money and property, and the officers could not control it. Some officers themselves joined the looting team, pushed each other and even drew their swords toward each other.

It is really the so-called "people die for money and birds die for food". The Jin army ambushed and chaotic, and everyone is fighting for more money and property for themselves. Who can still care about the war?

When Li Xiao learned about the situation, he immediately rushed to the battlefield with a thousand elite cavalry from the Beiwei Army, and arrived at the battlefield at a very fast speed, slashing at the Jin soldiers who were in chaos.

In a hurry, the Jin army could not resist and was dispersed by the cavalry of the Beiwei Army, slaughtered and suffered great defeat.

After the war, the Beiwei Army killed more than 500 Jin soldiers and captured more than 2,000 people, basically annihilated the Jin army's ambush, with abundant results.

Zhao Kaishan was overjoyed when he heard the news and personally commended Li Xiao.

Although he still doesn't trust him so much, at least he won the battle and saved the morale of the Restoration Army and the face of him as the leader, which is worthy of praise.

The morale of the Restoration Army was revitalized, and it drove towards Nanle County.

However, things did not develop as smoothly as Zhao Kaishan imagined. Zhao Kaishan thought that Nanle County could be conquered in a flash and they could go directly to Daming Mansion. As a result, when they arrived at the bottom of Nanle City, they realized that something was wrong.

The Jin army adopted the method they used to deal with them.

Avoid fighting, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, build military camps outside the city, and use the city as a corner to protect each other.

The city walls were raised and widened, and the moat was also widened. The city was covered with horses, caltrops, and pits. The city was full of Jin troops, and there were a large number of defending equipment, waiting for the Liberation Army to come.

The victory before love did not shake the Jin army's determination to defend the city. The Jin army had decided to defend Nanle County to fight a vigorous battle with the Liberation Army here, and would never allow the Liberation Army to move north smoothly and occupy the entire Daming Palace.

When Zhao Kaishan sent troops, he brought a total of 100,000 combat soldiers and divided the troops to Zhao Zuoliang with 20,000 troops, and he still had about 80,000 troops, with sufficient troops and was not afraid of fighting a tough battle.

However, Zhao Kaishan is even more looking forward to a quick battle and decisive decision, and does not want to spend too much time on a city.

He still has to continue going west and get involved in Guanzhong!

So Zhao Kaishan ordered the army to set up camp to prepare for the attack, and sent people to the city to send letters to the Jin army guards, hoping that they could recognize the times and surrender simply without delay. He promised to give the prisoners here generous treatment.

After Zhao Kaishan's envoy entered the city, he saw Pu Cha Sixiang, the garrison of the Jin army and the deputy general manager of Damingfu Road.

Pu Cha Sixiang looked at Zhao Kaishan's letter of persuasion, sneered for a while, ordered his envoy to be pushed out, and slashed him in front of Zhao Kaishan on the top of the city, then pushed the body down, telling Zhao Kaishan that the Jin army here would never surrender.

As the saying goes, when two armies fight, they will not kill them. This is also a hidden rule on the battlefield, but Pucha Sixiang destroyed this rule, indicating that they are incompatible with Zhao Kaishan.

When Zhao Kaishan witnessed his envoy being killed by Pu Cha Sixiang, he was furious and immediately ordered a besiege of the city from all sides and to attack the city with all his strength. On the day the city was broken, no one left in the city, and all the chickens and dogs were killed.

In order to inspire morale, he also ordered all property in the city, including the treasury property, to be owned by the siege soldiers, who could snatch at will without being restricted.

Therefore, the beastly nature of the soldiers of the Restoration Army was also aroused, and they quickly implemented Zhao Kaishan's strategy of besieging the city on all sides, surrounded the city, cut off all traffic inside and outside the city, and prepared for a complete siege.

He ordered the Nancheng to be handed over to Li Xiao, the Northcheng to Zhao Xiang, the commander of the front army, to the westcheng to Zhao Xiong, the commander of the rear army, to be handed over to Zhao Xiong, the commander of the Eastcheng to Zhao He, the commander of the Right Army.

The entire army was divided into four parts, and the attack was not stopped every day until the sun set. He wanted to turn Nanle County into ashes.

Li Xiao was uneasy about this and thought it was not a suitable tactic.

"Since ancient times, generals who have attacked cities have paid attention to the three sieges and one siege. The purpose is to give hope for life in the city and reduce the intensity of their resistance so that they will not resist to the death.

The city walls of Nanle County are not short, and there are many troops defending the city. If our army attacks from all sides, it will probably suffer great losses. There will be a stronger Daming City later. If our army loses too much here, how will we fight the subsequent battle?"

Li Xiao made a suggestion to Zhao Kaishan, hoping that Zhao Kaishan could use the tactic of three circumferences and one circumvented, and not let the people in the city be really solid.

The main general wants to resist, but the people below may not be able to do so. At that time, the attack of the Restoration Army will be fierce, and the soldiers in the city will inevitably not be able to move abnormally. Over time, civil unrest is likely to occur.

But if the city is besieged from all sides, there will be no way to live for the people in the city. The people in the city will inevitably be able to resist to the death, and no one wants to die.

That would not be beneficial to the Restoration Army.

But Zhao Kaishan was furious and did not agree.

"I just want the golden thieves in this city to know that now is not the time for them to decide. I want them to pay the price! If you dare to kill my messengers, I want them to bury them all with my messengers!"

He gritted his teeth and rejected Li Xiao's suggestion and asked the troops to quickly enter the state of combat.

Then the 80,000 troops of the Restoration Army surrounded the city on all sides and began the siege in the afternoon of the same day.

They used all kinds of siege equipment, and their weapons were varied, which was dazzling. Cold weapons and firearms went on battle one after another, causing an unprecedentedly fierce blow to Nanle County.

Eighty thousand people were fighting around a city, and the momentum of fighting was really fierce and quite shocking.

The Jin army in the city may not have felt this.

Faced with the fierce offensive of the Restoration Army, they were of course also frightened.

But Pu Cha Sixiang was not shaken. He became more determined to fight, otherwise he would die.

For the Jin Dynasty, Daming Prefecture is the same as Zhending Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture in Hebei. It is an important military pillar and its ruling power radiation center. Once it is lost, its deterrence to the Central Plains will be greatly reduced.
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